The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-11

any other North Carolinian, none will
more sincerely rejoice than The Pro
GREss1vE FARMER and its friends. But
let no mistake3be made. Gave US The
best man. ola s. sh 81 IS
JOTTINGS BY THE WAY-SIDE.
After the cloud-the sunshine.
Gloom, dependency and WEAKNESS Of
spirit have hung around the homes
and pathway of our farmers for three
long years. A successiontof bad crops
great financial stringency and the
o~mnipresent tomorrow-debt kept
them bowed. down. Its refreshing
to see,their faces lightedup with hope
and cheer at the magnificent prospect
now before them for a splendid har-
vest - ..
AT, Pikeville, in Wayne, we hadCa!
large crowd of farmers and their
families-all in good humor and fine
spirits. But the rain came and par
TALLY broke up their programme.
AT Taylor, in Wilson, whence we
had travelled with our kind friend,
DR.. Pennington, nine miles through
the rain, we were agreeably surprised
to find already a large crowd as
sembled. The clouds lifted and rolled
away and the glad sunshine was
greeted by a thousand glad and CRATE
full hearts. The, Wilson cornet band
gave us splendid music. DR.. Freeman
and Prof. Springfield were active and
untiring in looking after the comfort
and pleasure Of the large audience.
The speech over and we are away to
reach the "short cut train for the
seventh annual dinner of the farmers
club in Harnett. There are few Sec
tons in all the South where the old
time hospitality, refinement and lux
urious ease of ante bellum Southern
life has been more faithfully retained
in the splendid Cape Fear section.
Tenderest recollections of "the good
old times before the war" are awak-
ened by social contact with these
sturdy and solid people, and they
crowd upon you, especially when you
find yourself the happy guest of such
a family as that which blesses the
h~ospitable and elegant home of our
esteemed friend, MI. D. Men. Mckay.
The annual dinner Of Harne5t is an
institution inaugurated under the aus
pices Of the Harnett County Farmers
Club, sever years ago. "A crowd of
twelve to fifteen hundred and the
Jonesboro brass band gathered closely
around the stand in McNeills Grove
at II o'clock. The writer, Maj. Jona-
than evans, DR.. Mccormick, Mr.. Muir
Gibson, Mr.. d. H. Mclean, and Mr..
D. Men. Mckay addressed the people.
1t was a beautiful day and everybody
seemed in the very best of good
humor. The dinner? The table was
207 feet long and was literally loaded
with all manner Of good things. The
day passed off most pleasantly and all
seemed glad that they had attended.
The club held a meeting, elected it's
officers and passed a resolution. ap-
pointing the same place for the hold
ing Of the annual dinner in 1888. It
is proposed to erect a large shelter
and otherwise to provide for the COM
fort of the large crowds which always
attend this festive occasion. A re-
luctant adieu to our elegant host and
his pleasant family and we are soon
speeding u way through farms of
corn, cotton, peas, fruits and veget-
ables, the richest and most luxuriant
that we have ever seen in our State,
and the "shadowy folds of evening"
finds us far advanced on our way to
our home among the hills in the high
lands.
NEW PLAN FOR TURNIP Gull
80 .~3 TURE.